| Osbornoceros Temporal range: Late Miocene | |
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| An artist's illustration of Osbornoceros osborni | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Artiodactyla |
| Suborder: | Ruminantia |
| Family: | Antilocapridae |
| Genus: | †Osbornoceros Frick, 1937 |
| Species: | †O. osborni |
| Binomial name | |
| Osbornoceros osborni Frick, 1937 | |
Osbornoceros is an extinct genus of artiodactyl from late Miocene New Mexico, USA.
Classification[]
The genus is an even-toed ungulate housed in the family Antilocapridae. It is a sister genus to the extinct Proantilocapra in the tribe Proantilocaprini. The closest extant relative of Osbornoceros is the Pronghorn (Antilocapra americana).
